Why do I bleed every time I have sex or get excited?

Hi so I've been on depo for a year now and anytime my boyfriend and I want to have some 'fun' I start to bleed and have a little pain around my area. I went to a walk in clinic and told them about it and they told me it was either a reaction to the shot or my boyfriend tore something down there and I am afraid it is worse then what the doctor said.

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Anonymous23 Mar 2016

Hi, my name is Liz. Has this been going on this whole year since you got the shot? Did the clinic examine you? It does not sound normal at all. I would try to get in to see your GYN Doc ASAP so you can get direct answers. If you tore some how, you run the risk of infection, so try to call as soon as you can. Good luck!! And Bless

Well, I am already in menopause, and never had the Depo shot. I worked in the medical field. I see alot of questions on this site from women that seem to have the same things you are experiencing. Go up to your top of page and look for activity and see if you can join that group. You will see alot of profiles of people with your same symptoms and you can ask questions to them. I was concerned about the "so called tear". See what you can find. If you need anymore help, feel free to write me back. Good luck. Don't wait too long to contact your doc though. Hope all is okay!! L

The above comment by LMontoya is nothing to do with my answer at all, for some reason they have replied to you already, & then replied again on my comment.Their advice is definitely not my opinion, so please feel free to answer the question in my comment on your post, & I will reply with my advice/thoughts.Loux

The reason I ask about your smear test, is that it would help rule out other causes of the bleeding, but if your doctor says that you are not due a smear test, then I assume it's because you're up to date with them & have the all clear. It is actually quite common to get bleeding after sex when on Depo Provera. It is also common to get it towards the time when your next shot is due. There are ways to stop it happening, though. Has it only just started happening since your 4th shot?

I was on Depo for 18 years (with the recommended breaks) & this often happened to me on Depo, every few years. The way the doctors can stop it, is to shorten the intervals between shots, for a while. They gave me my next shot at 8/9 weeks, then as long as I didn't get more bleeding between shots, gave me the next one after another 10 weeks, & kept gradually increasing the intervals until we found one which we could stick with for my future shots. I found that 11 weeks eventually worked for me mostly, but every now & then we'd have to repeat the process & go back to 8/9 weeks, then gradually increase again. It's important to take a good quality calcium supplement when on Depo Provera, that also includes both magnesium & vitamin D in the right ratios. This is because of the risk of osteoporosis, due to the bone thinning that Depo Provera can cause. You can find the ratios on line, which ensure that the calcium is absorbed properly. The best combined supplement I e ever came across was Osteocare, but there may be a better one, now. It is also recommended that you take a break from Depo Provera every few years, for this reason.

Another method of stopping the bleeding is to get an extra artificial hormonal drug (Provera) to add, to try to stop the bleeding. This doesn't work for everyone, but is an option if you want to try it.

If you still find that the soreness continues, despite managing to stop the bleeding in one of the above ways, then it could be caused by something else, OR, if you're like me, Depo Provera made sex very painful for me, but none of the doctors or specialists ever figured out that it was the shot which was causing it. That's why I stuck it so long, before working it out. After a year or two of being off Depo Provera, the pain stopped. Again, I'm assuming that as you've been to the doctor already, they've tested & ruled out other causes, such as infection etc.